"Exceptional care means seeing—and honoring—the patient behind every procedure. A few ways to achieve this can include compassionate communication, gentle touch, and taking time to clarify anything that is poorly understood."- @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @drkopacz.bsky.social tinyurl.com/skarv4mz

‘The authors of 'Humanism in Surgery' show that surgery is a deeply humanitarian endeavour, and the best surgeons heal not only with their hands, but with art and beauty, empathy and story’ Thanks to Dr Gavin Francis @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social @springernature.com @drkopacz.bsky.social

We have a Silver Fern in our yard. Here’s a beautiful koru as a new frond unfurls.

Quick visit to the frogs and reptiles in the Museum’s vivarium.

Heather Craddock on the history of conservation practices, emotional responses to encountering traces of dead animals in the archive, and the return of the Wilder Blean Bison.

Animals out of place: @angecass.bsky.social getting us started at the Planetary Futures conference at Manchester Museum, @manchester.ac.uk blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...

This is why they’re deleting studies

Whether a seasoned healthcare professional or a trainee, reflecting on your medical journey fosters humility, resilience, and a deeper connection to your work. @drkopacz.bsky.social @meggerber.medsky.social #MedSky @rschaefmd.bsky.social closler.org/creative-art...

In a way "Tangible" things are the least permanent, they can be lost or broken. Attitude and spirit can be lost or broken, too, but they can also be regained and grow stronger with time. You can only have so many tangible things but you can always grow in spirit and be inspired by those you love.

www.asomega.es/actualidad/n... @asomega.es @springernature.com @drkopacz.bsky.social @upf.edu @closler.bsky.social

"Someone once asked me what my mother's greatest legacy to me was," Arundhati Roy said at a private gathering in the Indian capital, Delhi, recently. "I said an overactive middle finger." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Soaring through Iceland 😍 🕊️ Photo by: WithLuke #NativeCollective #Photography #Community

(1/3) Pediatric health care and strong public health agencies are two planks in the foundation of children’s health and wellbeing. CDC has long been a leading resource for research and evidence-backed recommendations on how to keep children healthy.

I had serious doubts about CDC Director Monarez’s willingness to stand up against RFK Jr.’s personal mission to destroy public health in America—I’m glad that I was wrong. If there are any adults left in the White House: we cannot let RFK Jr. burn what's left of CDC. FIRE HIM.

Yes - that’s our goal now And Towards an Ecological Medical and Health Humanities is going to be an incredible book

Delighted to receive my copy of #HumanisminSurgery - Thanks to so many people for making this possible @springernature.com #JacekMostwin #ReneGenadry #SusanaMagalhaes @drkopacz.bsky.social

To Donald Trump and his administration: If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.

#Mindfulness can be a simple yet powerful tool for patients, especially those feeling anxious or stressed. Here are some tips on how to introduce brief practices to get them started. @drkopacz.bsky.social #medsky closler.org/lifelong-lea...

Going Underground: Building a Caring Alternative Parallel Society – while we are still at liberty to do so ... mystical-faction.blogspot.com/2025/07/goin... Image: Underground Resistance Movement.

We must stop searching for life’s purpose in science and religion, instead life must be appreciated through its beauty and poetry.| iai.tv/articles/nie... Join as philosopher and scholar, Babette Babich, discusses Nietzsche’s affirmation of life despite its challenges. #philsky

This feels like a spot of good news www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

When a patient is held by law enforcement, quickly coordinate to send a medical necessity letter to ensure uninterrupted access to vital treatment. Immediate action may protect patient health and prevents avoidable complications. @drkopacz.bsky.social @the-ilrc.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4ah9cedu

Delighted to see our book published - thanks to the Co-editors #JacekMostwin #ReneGenadry #SusanaMagalhaes and @springernature.com and #MariaGuiliaMarini @drkopacz.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social @juliomayol.bsky.social @upf.edu @uam.es

"The ability to tell the truth, especially when it does not suit any particularly partisan aims, is an essential prerequisite for a free society." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Caring for Self & Others: Transforming Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Soul Loss has won a Living Now Book Awards Gold Medal in the Health & Wellness category! livingnowawards.com/blog/2025-me...

I'm leaving VA & UW after 11 years, starting new job next Monday w/ Talkiatry so that I can have flexibility to support aging parents Thanks @closler.bsky.social for publishing my reflections on job change closler.org/passion-in-t... #jobchange #careertransition #liminality #holisticdecisionmaking

"Major career transitions can bring up complex emotions; reflection can guide you toward choices that honor your values. Embrace these changes as opportunities to rediscover purpose & help you better care for pts."- @drkopacz.bsky.social #MedSky closler.org/passion-in-t...

“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected,” Vought said in the video, obtained by ProPublica and the research group Documented. “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains.” apnews.com/article/cdc-...

Configuration No.6 https://www.wikiart.org/en/max-ernst/configuration-no-6-1974

Trump’s MAGA Influencer Ally Launches 'Tip Line' To Purge ‘Disloyal’ Government Workers flip.it/qoa6iq

Ours are still blooming The bees love the flowers!

Connection can be a natural bond. #photograph #flowers #bloomscrolling #nature #garden

Just finished up an interview with my friend Rigdzin who runs Pema Kharpo in Seattle

PNHP board adviser Dr. Walter Tsou: “We need a new guiding principle on this anniversary [of Medicare and Medicaid]: Healthcare is a public good, not a market commodity.” #SinglePayer #MedicareForAll

Cancer patients are being kicked out of clinical trials that could save their lives because Donald Trump thinks scientific research is too woke.

“When we take it in our hands,” she said of grief, “when we can just be with it & keep breathing, then it...turns to reveal its other face, & the other face of our pain for the world is our love for the world, our absolutely inseparable connectedness with all life.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/c...

Sunrise, Saturday 26 July, from a beautiful but COLD (1° 🥶) Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Another in my series of libraries. Somebody’s private home library - no idea where this is, but it’s cool! #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

My painting The Oracle. Acrylic on Stretched Canvas. www.saatchiart.com/lcolestudios #painting #flowerart #flowerpainting #flower #flowers #abstractexpressionism #garden #gardenart #landscape #nature #art #artsky #acrylicart #Acrylic #intuitiveart

"Social media used to feel like an imperfect facsimile of my social life - but now, it feels more like 'content.'" www.bbc.com/worklife/art...

Several people have asked why a scholar of democracy like myself became a mindfulness and meditation teacher. It’s because: Mindfulness is how we recover our agency as human beings. And: I don’t know how democracy - or any community building- works without mindfulness. #democracy #mindfulness

I look forward to it! Joseph Rael & I wrote about Spiritual Democracy (from Stephen Herrmann's book www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/238114... ) in our Becoming Medicine www.davidkopacz.com/becoming-med... And in Caring for Self and Others I write about Interbeing & the Beloved Community THN & MLK

Thanks for this I started it and should pick it up again...

Goldfinch #EastCoastKin #photography